Where does “civilingenjör” come from?

civilingenjör (Swedish) comes from Swedish ingenjör, from French ingénieur, from Old French engigneor, from Latin ingeniator, from Latin ingeniārius, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

civilingenjör (Swedish): MSE; Master of Science in engineering; a person with this degree

Definitions

  1. MSE; Master of Science in engineering; a person with this degree

Ancestry of “civilingenjör”, step by step

civilingenjör traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish ingenjör

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishingenjörengineer
2Frenchingénieurengineer; conductor
3Old Frenchengigneordeceiver; one who deceives; engineer
4Latiningeniatorengineer
5Latiningeniāriusan engineer
6Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
7Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
9Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
10Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Swedish civil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishcivilcivil; having to do with people and organizations...
2Latincīvīlis
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis
5Proto-Indo-European-elis
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁osEvery word from Proto-Italic genos
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